(i.e. a person who fears going to a meeting will suddenly develop a cold or backache and not be able to make it to the meeting.  The cold and backache are real, but it is his unconscious that made him susceptible to the cold germs and backache, rather than natural causes)

Psychoanalysis – the technique of deeply probing into the unconscious to analyze psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders, developed by Sigmund Freud.

(The treatment often involves treatment sessions during which the patient is encouraged to talk freely about personal experiences and especially about early childhood and dreams)

Adj. - Psychoanalytically

Psychoanalyst – one who performs psychoanalysis

Psychogenic – of psychic origin

Psychotherapy – the treatment for psychogenic or psychosomatic disorders, or for any personality disturbances

            Adj. - Psychotherapeutic

Psychotherapist – one who practices psychotherapy

2. Greek:

Orthos = straight

Odontos = tooth

Paidos = child

Peri = around, surrounding

Endon = inner, within

Ex = out

Orthodontist – one who straightens teeth

Pedodontist – specialist in the care of children’s teeth

Pedodontia – the specialty of children’s teeth

            Adj. – Pedodontic

Periodontist – gum specialist

Endodontist – specialist in work on the pulp of the tooth and in root-canal therapy

Exodontist – specialist in teeth extraction

3.      Greek:

Ophthalmos = eye

Opsis, optikos = sight or vision

Metron = measurement

Latin:

Oculus = eye

Monos = one

Bi- = two

Greek:

Ophthalmology – science of the eye

            Adj. – Ophthalmological

Ophthalmologist – one who specializes in the science of the eye

Optometry – the specialty of measuring vision

            Adj. – Optometric, Optometrical

Optometrist – one who measures the eye (measure vision, test for glaucoma, prescribe glasses, etc.)

Optician – an expert at the eyes – the optician doesn’t examine patients; instead fills prescriptions according to optometrist or ophthalmologist, grinds lenses to specifications, etc.

            Adj. - Optical

Latin:

Oculist – physician for the eye (same defn. as Ophthalmologist)

Ocular – pertaining to the eye

Monocle – lens for one eye

Binoculars – field glasses that increase the range of two eyes

Inoculate – to puncture an “eye” or hole in your skin, through which serum is injected to protect against disease

4.      Greek:

Therme = heat

Baros = weight

Sphygmos = pulse

Thermometer – instrument to measure heat

Barometer – instrument to measure atmospheric pressure

            Adj. – Barometric

Sphygmomanometer – instrument to measure blood pressure

Metric System – international decimal system of weights and measures

5.      Greek:

Osteon = bone

Pous, podos = foot

Cheir (chiro-) = hand

Okto = eight

Tri- = three

Platys = broad

-ium “place where” (i.e. gymnasium, stadium, auditorium, etc.)

graphein = to write

-mancy = foretelling or prediction

Osteopath – bone disease

Osteopathy – a system of medical practice based on a theory that diseases are due to internal malfunctions and can be treated by therapy, such as use of medicine or surgery

(used to be a disease caused by pressure of the bones on blood vessels and nerves)

Adj. - Osteopathic

Podiatrist – one who heals the feet

Podiatry – the practice of healing feet

            Adj. – Podiatric

Octopus – eight armed (eight footed) sea creature

Platypus – strange water mammal in Australia with a duck’s bill, webbed feet, and a beaver-like tail that reproduces by laying eggs; roots mean “flat foot”

Podium – a place for feet; speaker’s platform

Tripod – three-legged stand for a camera or other device

Chiropodist – also podiatrist

Chiropody – also Podiatry

Chiropractor – one who heals with the hands

Chiropractic – specialty of healing with the hands

Chirography – specialty in expert handwriting, or penmanship

            Adj. - Chirographic

Chirographer – one who specializes in expert handwriting

Chiromancy – palm reading (art or practice of reading a person's character or future from the lines on the hand)

                        Adj. – Chiromantic

Chiromancer – one who palm reads

6.      Greek:

Graphein = to write

Kallos = beauty

Kakos = bad, harsh

Kardia = heart

Photos = light

Phone = sound

Tele- = distance

Bios = life

Graphology – the science of handwriting

            Adj. - Graphological

Graphologist – one who analyzes handwriting

Calligraphy – beautiful writing: penmanship as an artistic expression

Callipygian – having shapely or beautiful buttocks (Pyge = buttocks)

Cacography – bad handwriting

Cardiograph – heart writer (an instrument that produces an electronic record of the heartbeat)

Photograph – written by light (the art or process of producing images on a sensitized surface (as a film) by the action of radiant energy and especially light)

Phonograph – sound writer (record player, turntable) (an instrument for reproducing sounds by the vibration of a stylus or needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinder)

Telegraph – distance writer (an instrument for distance communication by coded signals; esp. electric transmission signals over wire)

Biography – life writing (an account of the life of something, esp. a person’s life)

7.      Greek:

Geras = old age

Geron = old man

Latin:

Senex = old

-escent = growing, becoming

Adultus = adult

Valere = to be strong

Ob- = toward

Solere = to be accustomed

Geriatrician – one who specializes in the medical care of the elderly

Gerentology – the study of aging and the problems of the aged

            Adj. – Gerentological

Senility – condition of showing signs of very old age

            Adj. – Senile

Senescence – condition of aging, growing old

            Adj. – Senescent

Adolescent – growing into an adult

Convalescent – growing healthy again

Obsolescent – growing or becoming obsolete

Seniority – condition of being older

Senate – originally a council of older, presumably wiser, citizens

Suffixes:

            -ist, -ian, -or, -er = noun suffixes relating to people

            -ium = noun suffix: “place where”

            -y, -ity = noun suffix relating to trade or specialty, or condition

            -ic, -al, -ous = adjective suffix

            -ness = noun suffix relating to characteristics

Review of Etymology

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